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ELECTRONIC IMAGE-PRODUCLNG APPARATUS Filed June 1, 1967 5 Sheets-Sheet 5IN VEN TOR. )farine/M Mfwef ATTORNEYS United States Patent O 3,532,809ELECTRONIC IMAGE-PRODUCING APPARATUS Warner H. Witmer, Flemington, NJ.(146 S. 3rd St., Quakertown, Ia. 18951) Filed June 1, 1967, Ser. No.642,811 Int. Cl. Htlln /70 U.S. Cl. 17g-7.3 11 Claims ABSTRACT 0F THEDISCLOSURE Electrical signal responsive apparatus lfor the production ofimages in a picture area is constructed as a Compact sandwich including,in its forward portion, a photoconductive-electroluminescent lightamplifier as its controllable light-producing system and in rearwardpart of the sandwich a gaseous-discharge stepping tube array wherein aglow discharge for excitation of the photoconductive layer is caused toprogress recurrently through a predetermined raster. The stepping tubearrangement is relied upon to effectuate the necessary scanning of theactivated spot in the photoconductive layer and the adjacent spotexcitation of the electroluminescent layer. Video signal modulation isapplied to electrodes between which are included the photoconductivelayer and the electroluminescent layer, to provide variable intensityluminescence of the electroluminescent layer in the elemental positionwhere the photoconductive layer is momentarily rendered most conductiveby the scanning electron discharge means.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to electricsignal responsive apparatus for production of images. It is concernedprimarily with improved apparatus for electrically scanning apredetermined area and presenting pictures or other data representationswithin such an area. One example of the use of the present invention isfor the reproduction of television pictures, for example, in a closedcircuit or industrial television `system application.

Cathode ray television picture presentation systems as presently usedare capable of producing images in various sizes up to and includingapproximately x 20, and in some instances even larger. One disadvantageof the present television reproducers of small, medium and large screensizes is the great bulk and rearward extension of the cathode raypicture tubes.

An object of the present invention is to provide an extremely compactimage reproduction system.

Another object is to provide an image reproduction systern whose depthfrom front to rear is very small compared to the width and height of thepicture area.

Another object is to provide a scanning type reproduction system whereinthe scanning is precisely controlled as to its height, width andlinearity, each scanning line being controlled as to position, linearityand scan timing.

Other and further objects will appear from the following description ofan embodiment of the invention.

In accordance with the present invention, an image reproduction systemis constructed as a compact sandwich including, in its forward portion,a photoconductiveelectroluminescent light amplifier as its controllablelightproducing system, the rearward part of the sandwich comprising agaseous-discharge stepping tube array wherein a glow discharge forexcitation of the photoconductive layer is caused to progressrecurrently through a predetermined raster. The stepping tubearrangement is relied upon to effectuate the necessary scanning of theactivated spot in the photoconductive layer and the adjacent spotexcitation of the electroluminescent layer. Video signal modulation isapplied to electrodes between which are Patented @et 6, 1970 iceincluded the photoconductive layer and the electroluminescent layer, toprovide variable intensity luminescence of the electroluminescent layerin the elemental position where the photoconductive layer is momentarilyrendered most conductive by the scanning electron discharge means.

The above objects and brief description will be better understood byreference to the following detailed description, considered along withthe drawings, wherein:

FIG. l is a schematic diagram of the present invention applied to atelevision receiver;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional diagram of the picture presentationapparatus or image reproducer in FIG. 1, taken in a vertical plane;

FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic illustration of the mosaic of cathode elementsincluded in the image reproducer of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram of the anode grids of the image reproducer of FIG.2; and

FIG. 5 is a graph of Ivoltage waves occurring in the apparatus of FIG.1.

Referring now to FIG. l, an image reproducer 11 in accordance with thepresent invention is arranged to produce images to be viewed from theviewing direction 12. One of the uses to which such a viewingarrangement can be put is the reproduction of television images receivedby a television receiving apparatus. The television receiver apparatusin FIG. 1 includes a tuner-IF amplifier-detector system 13, a verticalsynchronization separator 14, a horizontal synchronization separator 15,and a video amplifier 16.

The image reproducer 11 is provided with video input terminals 18 and19, line interlace control terminals Z1, 2l', 22 and 22', and linescanning control terminals 24, 25 and 26. The terminals 18 and 19preferably are provided with a bias potential from a bias source 28, inaddition to video output voltage from video ampliier 16.

Referring now to FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the image reproducer 11 preferablycomprises a vitreously sealed envelope including a rear panel 31, aviewing panel 32 such as a panel of glass, and sealing means 33 joinedto the iront and rear panels 31 and 32 and forming a closuretherebetween extending throughout the periphery of the image reproducer11.

Proceeding rearwardly from the transparent front panel or face plate 32,the device 11 includes an extremely thin electrode 35 which may be atransparent aluminum layer less than angstroms thick, for example, anelectroluminescent layer 36, an opaque moderately resistive layer 37, aphotoconductive layer 38, another substantially transparent metalelectrode 39, and a transparent insulating layer such as a thin layer ofglass 41 applied to the rear surface of conductive layer 39.

To the rear of the glass layer 41 are four interleaved anode grids ofconductive material such as wires of the order of 2 mils diameter. Wiresof these two grids are seen in cross-section in the fragmentary upperand lower portions of the image reproducer as seen in FIG. 2, and arediagrammed in FIG. 4. Spaced to the rear of these interleaved anodegrids is a mosaic of cathode elements. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing thegeneral arrangement of the cathodes. Included are a top half-line ofcathodes, a first full line commencing with cathode 51 and extendingfrom left to right across the array, 509 further full lines of cathodes,and a bottom half-line of cathodes.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the mosaic of cathodes is fixed to the frontsurface of rear plate 31. As indicated in FIG. 3, the cathodes of thesecond vertical row are interconnected and are connected to terminal 25.The same is true of the fth vertical row, the eighth vertical row, andthe additional vertical rows at intervals of three across the device 11.The cathodes of the third, sixth and ninth vertical rows and the furtherrows at intervals of three are interconnected and are connected toterminal 26. Except for the right bottom and right vertical row, theremaining cathodes of the mosaic are interconnected and are connected toterminal 24. Scanning of the electron discharge is required to commenceat cathode 5I at the upper left corner of the mosaic, and proceed alongthe rst full line (a substantially horizontal line).of cathodes to theupper right corner of the mosaic, i.e., to cathode 71. The glowdischarge must then be transferred from the right-hand end of the firstfull line of cathodes to the left-hand end of the third full line ofcathodes, i.e. to cathode S3. The electron discharge is then required toprogress at the predetermined rate from the extreme left-hand cathode 53to the extreme right-hand cathode 73 in the third full line, and to betransferred from that point immediately to the extreme left-hand cathode55 in the iifth full line, and so on.

Upon progression of the electron discharge along the bottom half-line ofcathodes to cathode 64, transfer is required to be made to the top ofthe device. Progression of the electron discharge must then occursimilarly through the top half-line of cathodes and the even-numberedfull lines of cathodes, concluding with the arrival of the electrondischarge at the extreme right-hand cathode of the last f-ull line ofcathodes, from which a transfer is effectuated to the starting cathode51 at the upper left corner of the mosaic.

In order to control the downward progression of the glow discharge, thehorizontal anode conductors spaced from the mosaic of cathodes comprisefour sets of interconnected Wires, for example, as shown in FIG. 4. Thewires numbered 0, 4, 8 and every fourth wire below are connected toterminal 21, and the wires numbered 2, 6 and every fourth wire below areconnected to terminal 21. Similarly, at the left end of the set thewires numbered 1, S and every fourth wire below are connected toterminal 22 and the remaining wires, numbers 3, 7 and every fourth wirebelow are connected to terminal 22.

Referring again to FIG. 1, circuits are provided for establishing aninitial glow discharge between starting cathode 51 (FIG. 3) and adjacentwire 1 (FIG. 4) through the low-pressure gaseous medium contained in thedevice 11, and for causing progression of the glow discharge from leftto right along the cathodes adjacent wire 1 to the right side of thedevice 11, transfer thence to cathode 53 at the left end of anode wire3, progression to the right along the cathodes adjacent wire 3, and soforth. These circuits includes a multivibrator 77 responsive to theoutput of the vertical sync separator 14, shown at A in FIG. 5, and aphase inverter 78, coupled to multivibrator 77 for producing the waves Fand F in FIG. 5. The oppositely phased square waves at iield frequencyprovided at the output of phase inverter 78 are applied to terminals 21"and 22" (FIG. 4), so as to maintain the odd-numbered wires substantiallymore positive in potential than the even-numbered anode wires throughoutone field (i.e. through one vertical scan), and to maintain the reversepolarity difference during the next field, etc.

Bistable multivibrators 101 and 102 are provided for generating thesquare wave voltages shown at E and E in FIG. 5, at one-half linefrequency. For the duration of the first scan line, bistablemultivibrator 102 maintains terminal 22 and the anode wires connectedthereto (FIG. 4) positive relative to terminal 22 and the anode wiresconnected thereto. The starting phases for the system are initiated by acoincidence circuit 114 which is jointly responsive to the output ofvertical sync pulse differentiator 113 (see wave C in FIG. 5) and thesync pulses at the output of horizontal sync separator (see wave B inFIG. 5). The resultant output from coincidence circuit 114 is one pulseper frame of two fields,

since, as in conventional line-interlaced television sean rasters, thedifferentiated leading edges of alternate ones of the vertical syncpulses are non-coincident with horizontal sync pulses.

The pulse D produced by coincidence circuit 114 signals the beginning ofa complete scan frame. It initiates application of the positivepotential to terminal 22" (FIG. 4) relative to terminal 21, i'naccordance with wave F in FIG. 5, and causes bistable multivibrator 102to be triggered to commence in such phase that terminal 22 is at maximumpositive potential while terminal 22 is at a much lower potential. As aresult, for the duration of the iirst half cycle of the outputs of thebistable multivibrators 101 and 102 (waves E and E in FIG. 5), the anodewires 1 and 5 and every fourth wire below are maintained at a suitablepositive potential for supporting a glow discharge while all the otheranode wires are of too low potential for glow discharge.

The frame initiation pulse from the coincidence circuit 114 is alsoapplied to a phase inverter 115 whose output is coupled to terminal 116of the device 11, and thereby connected to a trigger probe adjacentcathode 51. The negative pulse thus applied establishes the initial glowdischarge between cathode 51 and anode wire number 1.

The output of horizontal sync separator 15 is supplied to the inputcircuit of a frequency multiplier 71 which may comprise cascade stagesproviding multiplication by factors 4, 6 and 7, for example, the productof which is 168. Multiplier 71 receives pulses at horizontal linefrequency f and produces output pulses at frequency 168f. These pulsesare fed into multivibrator 72, and a further multivibrator 73 isarranged to be triggered by the trailing edges of the pulses frommultivibrator 72. The multivibrators 72 and 73 each produce rectangularoutput pulses of frequency 168f and of approximately 120 duratio'n.

The outputs of multivibrators 72 and 73 are connected to terminals 25and 26 of the device 11 (FIGS. 1 and 3). The first negative pulse frommultivibrator 72 makes the second vertical row of cathodes substantiallymore negative than the first and third rows, and attracts the f glowdischarge existing between cathode 51 and anode wire number 1. As aresult, the glow discharge is caused to transfer to the adjacent cathodein the second vertical row which, like the rst cathode 51, is adjacentto the number 1 anode wire. In turn, the ensuing negative pulse frommultivibrator 73 causes the glow discharge to be attracted to the topcathode of the third vertical row. Upon cessation of that pulse, theglow discharge is yet further transferred to the top cathode of thefourth vertical row, since terminal 24 is maintained at suicientnegative potential to support the glow discharge at any cathodeconnected thereto and maintain it stationary awaiting a negative pulsefrom multivibrator 72. In this manner, the glow discharge is caused toproceed along a series of three cathodes for every cycle of the outputof frequency multiplier 71.

One full line of cathodes may comprise 504 such elements. The extremeright-hand cathodes are each connected through a resistor to ground. Inaddition, a conductive path from each of the final cathodes in thedirection of progression to the right extends to an auxiliary anodeprobe or trigger probe in the vicinity of the starting (left-hand)cathode for the next line to be scanned. Thus, cathode 71 at theright-hand end of the uppermost full horizontal line of cathodes, whichis connected to a resistor having its opposite end grounded, isconnected to the trigger probe extending adjacent to cathode S3. Upon aglow discharge progressing along the iirst (top) full line of cathodesand reaching cathode 71, the potential drop across the resistorconnected thereto causes a rise in potential of the trigger probeadjacent cathode 53. Upon the commencement of the next half-cycle ofwave E (FIG. 5), anode wires numbers 3 and 7 and every fourth wire beloware raised to the potential for cooperating with the cathode array tosustain glow discharge, and the wires numbers 1, S and every fourth wiretherebelow are so reduced in potential as to render them unable toparticipate in glow discharges. Upon this condition being provided, theglow discharge is enabled to progress along the cathodes adjacent anodewire number 3 (FIG. 4).

In like manner, the glow discharge is caused to progress to the right,its timing being regulated by the transmittersynchronized timing of thehorizontal sync pulses, and is again caused to be transferred fromcathode 73 to the initial cathode 5'5 of the fifth full line ofcathodes, etc.

Upon the glow discharge eventually reaching cathode 64, connected toresistor 64', the conductor extending from said cathode leads to atrigger probe for initiating glow discharge at cathode 50 in the tophalf-line of cathodes, adjacent anode wire number 0. The even-numberedcathode lines adjacent the even-numbered anode wires are then traversedfor the second eld of the scan raster, coincident with the negativehalf-cycle of the wave at F in FIG. 5 during -which the even-numberedanode wires are at higher potential than the odd-numbered anode wires.

The physical arrangement of the interconnections between the probesadjacent the right-hand cathodes and the transfer probes adjacent theleft-hand cathodes to which the respective transfers are to be made isnot shown. lIf desired, these paths may be provided on printed circuitlayers which may be formed as part of the rear wall 31 of the envelope,for example.

Preferably, the output potential waves 72' and 73 from multivibrators 72and 73 represent a change of potential from a substantially positivepotential to a substantially negative potential during each pulse.

The space between the very thin glass or quartz layer 41 (which may bevapor deposited quartz, for example) and the back plate 31 of theenvelope is filled with low pressure gas which preferably is selectedfor rapidity of initiation and extinction of glow discharge between agiven pair of conductive elements. Such a gas, for example, may consistchiefly of hydrogen with a trace of krypton, maintained at a relativelylow pressure. In this gaseous medium, the aforementioned glow dischargesare generated.

During the momentary existence of a glow discharge between one of thecathodes of the mosaic and the anode grid wire adjacent thereto, theimmediately adjacent elemental area of photo conductive layer 38 isilluminated through the very thin light-transmitting layers 41 and 39.As a result, the resistivity of the photoconductive layer 38 momentarilyis sharply reduced in this elemental area, in contrast to its relativelyhigh resistivity between its parallel planar surfaces everywhere elsebut immediately adjacent the -glow discharge. As a result, an electriccurrent of intensity dependent upon the video potential differencemomentarily impressed between the video input terminals 118 and 19 andelectrodes 39 and 35 is caused to ow in the very localized region of theelectroluminescent layer immediately in front of the momentary locationof the glow discharge. Hence, that adjacent elemental area of theelectroluminescent layer is caused to generate a light output ofintensity directly dependently upon the potential difference momentarilyexisting between the video input terminals. While the same potentialdifference is applied over the entire surfaces of the substantiallytransparent conductive layers 35 and 39, the resulting currenttherebetween for energizing the electroluminescent layer at the givenmoment is substantially concentrated in the extremely small area of thephotoconductive layer which is rendered substantially conductive by theglow discharge immediately to its rear.

The opaque high-resistivity layer 37 between the photoconductive layer38j and the electroluminescent layer 38 serves as a barrier to preventthe light generated in the electroluminescent layer from feeding back totend to sustain a condition of high conductivity of the photoconductivelayer 38. This obaque layer is so thin as not to impede substantiallythe energizing current to the adjacent elemental area of theelectroluminescent layer, but is of sufficient resistivity to notdistribute the energizing current over an appreciably broadenedelemental area of the electroluminescent layer.

In system applications of the apparatus described herein, the speed oftransfer of the electric glow discharge from cathode to cathode along agiven scan line must be taken into account in determining the maximumvalue of the line scanning frequency f. If a 525- line scan picture isdesired, with the number of elements in each horizontal linecorresponding to a switching frequency of 168)@ as mentioned in theforegoing example, then it is necessary for j to be such a frequencythat l/504]c shall be no shorter than the minimum time for the glowtransfer from one cathode to the next cathode.

While the present invention has been described as applied to thereproduction of television images, with horizontal-line-interlace, thisis only one illustration of the uses which may be made. The imagepresentation aparatus may be used for presentation of imagescorresponding to radar signals, images denoting computer output data, orgraphic images such as line or dot drawings, single or multiple plots ofvoltages or currents or other values as functions of time, correlatedgraphs of one electric value as a function of a second electric valuewith specific discrete values of a third variable, such as families ofgraphs representing vacuum tube or transistor characteristics, and manyother uses.

While a photoconductive layer 38 is shown in the drawings and describedherein, that layer may be omitted if desired. If the photoconductivelayer and the opaque separator layer 37 are omitted, the apparatus tendsto provide higher frequency response with somewhat lower lightsensitivity. This illustrates one of the alternatives as to the form ofthe light amplifier usable with the glow discharge scanning means.

In view of the fact that the scanning in the present invention is muchmore precisely controlled as to time and position than in conventionaltubes, vthe present invention is especially adaptable to presentation ofimages in colors. By providing as the elemental areas of the picturescreen phosphors in different colors of luminescence, for example red,green and blue, along each scan line in predetermined relation to thepositioning of the cathodeis along the line, and by modulating the videosignal accordingly in timed relation to the scan, color images may bereproduced.

Although specific embodiments of the invention have been shown anddescribed, it will be understood that they are but illustrative and thatvarious modifications may be made therein without departing from thescope and spirit of this invention.

What is claimed is:

1. Electric signal responsive apparatus for production of images in apicture area, comprising, in combination:

a layer of electroluminescent material,

a layer of photoconductive material adjacent to said layer ofelectroluminescent material,

rst and second thin substantially transparent electrodes,

said layer of photoconductive material and said layer ofelectroluminescent material being disposed between and respectivelyadjacent to said first and second electrodes,

means for applying energizing potential between said first and secondelectrodes,

a multiplicity of electron discharge cathodes in a mosaic patternsubstantially parallel to and spaced behind said first electrode,

7 means providing a low-pressure gaseous medium extending to saidcathodes wherein electric glow dischar-ge may occur, and

anode means in said gaseous medium cooperating with said cathodes toestablish a localized glow discharge transferable from cathode tocathode in a predetermined raster pattern for activating saidphotoconductive material in the immediate region of the glow dischargeand thereby localizing the electric energization of saidelectroluminescent layer and the resulting light output therefrom.

2. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 1 includingan envelope of rigid material enclosing at least said cathodes and saidanode means.

3. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 2, whereinsaid envelope includes a transparent front window, said rst and secondsubstantially transparent electrodes and the photoconductive andelectroluminescent material layers therebetween being enclosed in saidenvelope, and said second substantially transparent electrode beingadjacent said front window.

4. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 1, includinga thin substantially transparent insulating layer between said firstsubstantially transparent electrode and said anode means, and a thinsubstantially opaque layer interposed between said photoconductive layerand said electroluminescent layer.

5. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in `claim 4, whereinsaid means for applying energizing potential between said first andsecond electrodes comprises means for applying television video signalstherebetween to produce different light intensity values in differentelemental areas of the screen, said apparatus further including meansfor causing the electric glow discharge to proceed throughout aline-by-line scanning raster in synchro- I nism with the suppliedtelevision signals, said last named means comprising means forrecurrently energizing every third cathode along a substantiallyhorizontal line or row of cathodes in a first phase, and energizing thenext adjacent cathodes in the line or row in the desired direction ofthe progression of the glow discharge in a second phase displaced by apredetermined phase angle from said fir-st phase.

6. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 4, whereinsaid means for applying energizing potential between said first andsecond electrodes comprises means for applying television video signalstherebetween to produce different light values in different elementalareas of the screen, said apparatus further including means for causingthe electric glow discharge to proceed throughout a line-by-linescanning raster in synchronism with the supplied television signals,said last-named means comprising a plurality of sets of mutuallyinterconnected cathodes and means for recurrently changing the potentialof at least one set of interconnected cathods relative to another set.

7. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 1, whereinsaid anode means comprises first and second conductive anode gridsinterleaved with and insulated from each other, the conductors of saidfirst grid being adjacent alterna-te rows of cathodes, and theconductors of said second grid being adjacent the intervening rows ofcathodes.

8. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 6, whereinsaid means for applying energizing potential between said first andsecond electrodes comprises means for applying television video signalstherebetween to produce different light intensity values in differentelemental areas of the screen, said apparatus further including meansfor causing the electric glow discharge to proceed throughout aline-by-line scanning raster in synchronism with the supplied televisionsignals, said last named means comprising means for recurrentlyenergizing every third cathode along a substantially horizontal line orrow of cathodes in a first phase, and energizing the next adjacentcathodes in the line or row in the desired direction of progression ofthe glow discharge in a second phase displaced by a predetermined phaseangle from said first phase.

9. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 7, furtherincluding means for applying a substantially higher positive potentialto said first conductive anode grid than to said second conductive anodegrid during alternating fields of scan, and applying substantiallyhigher positive potential to said second conductive anode grid than tosaid first conductive anode grid during the intervening `fields of scan.

10. Electric signal responsive apparatus for production of images in apicture area, comprising, in combination:

a light amplifier having first and second electrodes,

means for applying energizing potential between said first and secondelectrodes,

a multiplicity of electron discharge cathodes in a mosaic patternsubstantially parallel to and spaced behind said first electrode,

means providing a low-pressure gaseous medium extending to said cathodesrwherein electric glow discharge may occur, and

anode means in said gaseous medium cooperating with said cathodes toestablish a localized glow discharge transferable from cathode tocathode in a predetermined raster pattern for activating said lightamplifier in the immediate region of the glow discharge and therebycausing the effective light output to correspond to a scanned picturesignal.

11. Electric signal responsive apparatus as defined in claim 10, whereinsaid means for applying energizing potential between said first andsecond electrodes comprises means for applying television video signalstherebetween to produce different light intensity values in differentelemental areas of the screen, said apparatus tfurther including meansfor causing the electric glow discharge to proceed throughout aline-by-line scanning raster in synchronism with the supplied televisionsignals, said last named means comprising means for recurrentlyenergizing every third cathode along a substantially horizontal line orrow of cathodes in a first phase, and energizing the next adjacentcathodes in the line or row in the desired direction of the progressionof the glow discharge in a second phase displaced by a predeterminedphase angle from said first phase.

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